Vintage Waterman Color Coded Pens

Vintage Waterman Color Coded Pens

What nib do you use? Just one? Or many? Vintage Waterman pens offered “color coded pens” that were matched to specific nibs. The Black model 94, 7, and 5 had color coded disks inserted into the bottom of their barrels. The Ripple Model 5 and Model 7 (seen below) had as many as ten different color bands, visible below the top of the cap (the Model 5 had fewer “colors” than did the Model 7). All of the color coded pens also had the color stamped onto the face of the nib. To our knowledge, an example of the “White” has never been found. The next rarest, by far, is the “Black.”